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For Cameron Young, PGA of America ties make this major special
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Cameron Young is No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings, No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking and one of three players to win multiple times on the PGA Tour this season. ,He's arguably the best, or at least the hottest, player in the world who's yet to win a major title.,If that...
Rory McIlroy cuts PGA Championship practice round short due to blister
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy ended his Tuesday practice round at Aronimink Golf Club after just three holes due to a blister on his right pinky toe ahead of this week's PGA Championship in Newtown Square, Pa.,In his first event back after winning his second consecutive Masters championship in April, McI...
Streak of seconds follows Scottie Scheffler as he pursues another first
Scottie Scheffler may not have won a golf tournament since January, but he certainly has come close.,Scheffler placed second in three straight starts to end April before taking a week off to prepare for this week's PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia.,While that accomplishme...
PGA Championship: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm paired in first 2 rounds
Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm will join Jordan Spieth in a high-profile threesome for the first two days of the PGA Championship on Thursday and Friday at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia.,The trio has accounted for 11 major titles, and Spieth is a PGA Championship shy of the career Grand Slam, ...
Greens at PGA Championship have Xander Schauffele's attention
Xander Schauffele put last week's disappointing performance behind him and prepared to tackle the "gnarly" rough and "diabolical" greens at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia.,He enters this week's PGA Championship after finishing in a tie for 60th place, 17 shots behind the winner, at the Tru...
Golf Glance: Scottie Scheffler defends at PGA Championship; LPGA in Ohio
The PGA Tour conducts its second major of the year at the 108th PGA Championship, while a strong field has assembled for the LPGA Tour's stop in Cincinnati.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: 108th PGA Championship, Philadelphia, May 14-17,Course: Aronimink Golf Club (Par 70, 7,394 Yards),Purse: TBA ($19M in 2025;...
Jon Rahm: Focus is on 'the next shot,' not future of LIV Golf
Jon Rahm may not "see many ways out" of his LIV Golf contract, but on Tuesday he did not sound like someone who harbors regrets about joining the league two years ago.,The Spanish star spoke to reporters at Aronimink Golf Club ahead of this week's PGA Championship, less than a month after news emerg...
Rory McIlroy says LIV players ‘blindsided’ by PIF pulling funding
Rory McIlroy has taken many positions on LIV Golf since its emergence in 2022, from blaming it for a schism in professional golf to softening his stance on the players who chose to play there and to saying a PGA Tour-LIV deal would be the best way forward.,The six-time major champion said Tuesday he...
Ranking all 11 LIV Golf entrants at 2026 PGA Championship
It has been nearly two years since a LIV Golf member won a major, when Bryson DeChambeau hoisted the 2024 U.S. Open trophy.,Eleven LIV players are set to compete at the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink outside of Philadelphia this week. One of them claiming the Wanamaker Trophy would provide a muc...
Matt Fitzpatrick glad to cede spotlight to brother Alex at PGA
For years, Matt Fitzpatrick was the more famous of the golfing brothers from England. He's been more than happy to take a back seat to Alex this year.,"I'm probably known as Alex's brother now, as opposed to him being Matt's brother," the elder Fitzpatrick said Monday ahead of the PGA Championship t...
Jordan Spieth not raising the heat on himself with career Slam in sight
Jordan Spieth is not a grillmaster. There isn't much time in his schedule as a professional golfer to become great at a hobby; he rates himself "probably a 15-handicap" when it comes to smoking meat.,But spending time over the charcoals last fall got him thinking about a lesson he could take into im...
Commanders re-sign CB Antonio Hamilton to 1-year deal
The Washington Commanders announced Monday that they have re-signed cornerback Antonio Hamilton to a one-year deal.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed.,Hamilton, 33, appeared in 15 games (one start) in his first season with the Commanders in 2025, recording 18 tackles, two pass breakups and one fu...
Sean Strickland Proves Doubters Wrong Again With UFC 328 Title Win
Sean Strickland stunned Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328, becoming a two-time UFC middleweight champion in a massive upset victory....
Cloud9 remained unblemished at LCS Spring
Cloud9 remained upbeaten at 6-0 while LYON handed Team Liquid their first defeat to move both teams to 5-1 on Sunday in Week 6 of the regular season of the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles.,Eight teams will compete in best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season before advancing to the pla...
Boo Weekley snaps 13-year win drought at Insperity Invitational
Boo Weekley delivered a bogey-free 3-under-par 69 to comfortably win his first Champions Tour event at the Insperity Invitational on Sunday in The Woodlands, Texas.,Weekley didn't live up to the 6-under scores he posted in each of the first two rounds. But he still finished the event with no bogeys ...
Lucas Herbert goes wire-to-wire at LIV Golf Virginia, earns U.S. Open spot
Lucas Herbert has won golf tournaments around the world. He finally has his first title on LIV Golf.,The Australian completed a wire-to-wire victory at LIV Golf Virginia by posting a final-round 3-under-par 69 on Sunday at Trump National DC in Potomac Falls, Va.,Herbert went 24 under par for the wee...
Disguised, Sentinels win basement battles at LCS Spring
Sentinels and Disguised earned victories as the bottom four teams in the standings were in action on the opening day of Week 6 of the regular season of the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles on Saturday.,Sentinels remained locked into a top-five spot with a 2-0 sweep of Shopify Rebellion, and Disguised...
Sean Strickland hands Khamzat Chimaev first loss, reclaims belt
Khamzat Chimaev's first UFC middleweight title defense surprisingly marked a changing of the guard, as Sean Strickland ruined his plans by becoming a two-time UFC middleweight champion at UFC 328 in Newark, N.J., on Saturday., ,Strickland's (31-7 MMA) split decision victory - 47-48, 48-47, 48-47- ha...
Khamzat Chimaev, Sean Strickland to settle bad-blood feud at UFC 328
Things have reached a boiling point in the middleweight division ahead of Saturday's UFC 328 event in Newark, N.J., as newly minted UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev looks to handle unfinished business against former champion Sean Strickland in the headliner of a 13-fight card., ,The friends...
Bryson DeChambeau: PGA players hold his Tour return fate
Wounds created by Bryson DeChambeau's divorce from the PGA Tour and his active, outspoken role in a player-driven lawsuit in 2022 might not be fully healed. ,The 32-year-old said he understands the lingering acrimony, specifically among players on Tour and not new CEO Brian Rolapp, could be a lastin...